Power-transmitting attachment for windmills.



P. A. RECORDS.

POWER TRANSMITHNG ATTACHMENT FOR WINDMILLS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 11. l9l8.

1,2993%. Patented Apr. 1,1919.

UNTTED sTATns PATENT onruon.

PAULA. anooans, oF'o'cHILTREE, TEXAS.

POWER-TRANSMITTING ATTACHMENT FOB, WINDMILLS.-

I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAUL A. Rnoonns, a

3' citizen of the United States, residing at Ochiltree, in the county of Ochiltree and State of Texas, have invented certain new ings.

This invention relates to attachments whereby the power of a wind-mill used for operating a pump may also be used for operoperating a washing machine.

ating other machinery, and particularly to an attachment of this character used for The general object of my invention is to provide an attachment of this character so constructed that it may be readily applied to the piston rod of a pump of any ordinary construction and further so constructed that 1 the pitman of the attachment may be readily connected to the plunger or other operating part of the washing machine.

Still another object 1s to provlde a device of this character having a base which is attachable to the piston rod of the pump, an

arm pivotally connected to the base and adapted to be pivotally connected to the upper extremity of the pitman, and means normally holding the arm in an operative position but permitting the arm to rise upon a downward movement of thepiston where there is an obstruction to the full downward j movement of the pitman.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of a windmill equipped with my attachment;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the attachment, the base being in section; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner in which the base is secured to the pump rod.

Referring to these drawings, the piston rod or jet rod 10 of the wind-mill 11 may be used as a pump rod or for any other power transmitting purpose. The wind-mill 'is of any usual or ordinary construction and forms no part of my invention.

My attachment comprises a plate or base 12, which is clamped to the rod 10 at a plurality of points by means, for instance, of the U-bolts 13. Disposed normally at right Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919. Application filed August 17, 1918. Serial No 250,337.

angles to the base 12 is an arm 14, the inner; 1 end of which is bolted between two plates 15 pivoted to the base 12 .I'This arm 14, at its extrem1ty, has bolted to it a pair o-foutwardly projecting plates 16, betweenwhich is mounted a ring 17 having bearings on; trunnlons extending through the plates. A

pitman 18 is designed to be inserted in this ring 17 and held thereto by means of the set screw 19 or in any other suitable manner.

Bolted to the arm 14 is a chain 20,v which, extends upward to the upper end of the base 12 and also bolted to the/arm or otherw se attached thereto is the upper end of a coiled contractile spring 21, the lower end of which is bolted or otherwiseattached to that the chain 20 prevents any downward movement of the arm 14 beyond a position at rlght angles to the pitman 10, while the spring 21 yieldingly' restrains the upward,

engagement with the rod by a screw thread.

the lower end of the base 12. It will be seen 23. The coupling is slotted and is attached to the operative member or the washing machine by means of a pin 24. The washing'machine which is illustrated is of an ordinary type and is of that character known as a steam laundry washing-machine. I

My device permits a washing machine or like machine to .beoperated by means of power taken from thepump'rod ofawindmill and permits of attachment to the pump rod of any wind-mill and permits the attachment to be adjusted upon this pump rod so as to secure a proper position with relation to the machine to be operated. Upon the downward stroke of the pump rod, the pitman 18 will move downward until it is obstructed from further movement and then the arm 14 will yield to permit of further movement of the piston rod 10 without any 'movement of the rod 18. Upon the upward movement of the piston rod 10 when the arm 14 again comes to a horizontal position, the chain 20 will be tightened and the pitman therefore raised.

While I have illustrated a form of my invention which I believe to be thoroughlyv eifective in actual practice, it is to be understood that many details might be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

gaging said arm to yieldingly resist upward movement 'of'the-arm, and means mounted on the'base permitting upward movement of "the arm, but limiting its downward move- :meiit.

- "2. A wind-mill attachment comprising a base adapted to be detachably engaged with the piston rod of "a wind-mill, an arm ex- *tend1ngfromthe base, a pitman having piv- 'o'ta'l engagement with the extremity of the arm,'andmeans yieldingly resisting upward movementof the arm relative to the base.

3. An attachment of the character described comprising a'base adapted to be detachably engaged with the piston rod of a windmill, an arm pivoted to the base, a -flexible connection attached to the base and the'arm and supporting the arm in an approximately horizontal position, a spring attached to "the base and arm and yieldingly "resisting anyupward movement of the arm withrelationtothe base, and a pitman piv- 'otally-connected tothe extremity'of the arm.

4:. 'An attachment of the character described comprising abase having piston rod clamps, an arm pivotally connected to the "base and carrying a ring at its outer end pivoted'to the arm for rocking "movement, a chain attached to one end of the base and to the arm and acting to support the arm in a jpositio'nperpendicularly of the base, a'spring attached to'the other end of the base and to the arm jandjyieldingly-resisting rotation of the-arm in 'one "direction, apitman disposed "withinsaid pivoted ring and vertically adjustable therein, means for engaging the come: or-tmwpaten't maybe obtained for ring with the pitman, and a coupling en- 'connecting' the'arm to the base, causing an upward movement of the arm when the. base moves upward, but permitting an independent downward movement of the arm for a limited'distance relative to the base, and means yieldingly resisting an upward movement of the arm relative to the base.

.the driven member with the "driving member, but permitting the downward movement of the driving member relative" to the driven member, and means yieldingly resisting an independent downward movement of the driving member relative to the driven member. I

7. The combination with a reciprocating driving member and a reciprocating driven member, of an arm pivoted to the driving member for oscillation in "the plane of the drivingand driven members, a 'spring attached to said arm and the driving member and resisting movement of said arm in one direction, and a flexible connection connected by the arm and the driving member and limiting the movement of'the arm in the opposite direction.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PAUL A; V RECORD S.

Witnesses: 1

CHAs. W. GALLAWA'Y, GEO. M. FERRY.

five cents each, by addressing the commissioner of Yatedts, 'washington, D. 0. 

